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by seaside_motors
Fri Apr 02, 2021 11:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: I am at a loss of how to get started??
Replies: 14
Views: 7547

Re: I am at a loss of how to get started??

This did not work, doh! robert@mountain-cabin:~$ rshell -p /dev/ttyACM0 -f blinkpico.py Using buffer-size of 128 Connecting to /dev/ttyACM0 (buffer-size 128)... Trying to connect to REPL connected Retrieving sysname ... rp2 Testing if ubinascii.unhexlify exists ... Y Retrieving root directories ... ...
by seaside_motors
Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: I am at a loss of how to get started??
Replies: 14
Views: 7547

Re: I am at a loss of how to get started??

Not sure if this is working correctly or not? (I am trying guys, so bare with me, thanks) robert@mountain-cabin:~/micropython-1.14$ rshell -p /dev/ttyACM0 Using buffer-size of 128 Connecting to /dev/ttyACM0 (buffer-size 128)... Trying to connect to REPL connected Retrieving sysname ... rp2 Testing i...
by seaside_motors
Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: I am at a loss of how to get started??
Replies: 14
Views: 7547

Re: I am at a loss of how to get started??

sudo apt-get install python3-pip then sudo pip3 install rshell Ok so quick update. I realized I had not actually downloaded micropython to my computer so I grabbed the latest tar ball and got it all decompressed and the micropython directory is in my /home/robert/ directory. So that is done. I also...
by seaside_motors
Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: I am at a loss of how to get started??
Replies: 14
Views: 7547

Re: I am at a loss of how to get started??

You assume I have rshell installed, I don't so it is a invalid command. I am on debian so I tried a sudo apt install rshell that failed. I found it on github and used gh repo clone dhylands/rshell which showed it as installing but when I again try rshell it just returns a invalid command. I will adm...
by seaside_motors
Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:10 am
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: I am at a loss of how to get started??
Replies: 14
Views: 7547

I am at a loss of how to get started??

Need a little help here, not sure I seem to be understanding how to do this whole Micropython thing. So I have a Rpi Pico, I have it connected to the pc, I have downloaded the UF2 file, held the boot select button and plugged it in. It shows up on the desktop, I drag and drop the file on it and it d...
by seaside_motors
Thu Apr 01, 2021 6:01 am
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: RFC Hardware Choices
Replies: 5
Views: 2330

Re: RFC Hardware Choices

Hey Guys, Thanks for the replies, I really do appreciate the time to comment. I am still trying to get my direction on this one but slowly but surely I am headed in the right direction. Been working on some python tutorials, trying to upgrade my typing skills, doing research etc. Interesting that ne...
by seaside_motors
Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:28 am
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: RFC Hardware Choices
Replies: 5
Views: 2330

RFC Hardware Choices

Hello All, my name is Robert and I am new to the forums. I have come here to request help in product selection and to get general ideas in getting direction. I want to learn to program microcontrollers in the automotive realm, this would be for custom projects and I am at the moment not interested i...